Stormwater Management Design Review Course - Module 4

REVIEWEXAMPLE 5

PLAN

Minesh PatelNJDEP Division of Water Quality

SWMDR Training Module 4September 3, 2020

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Presentation Goals

• Review site plans and stormwater management report

• Identify any errors with the design• Suggest potential solutions

Goals

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Determining Applicable Design & Performance Standards

• Trigger the municipality’s SCO?

• Disturb one acre or more?

• Increase impervious coverage by ¼ acre or more?

Does the Development

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Determining ApplicableDesign & Performance Standards

• Major Development:

“Any development that provides for ultimately disturbingone or more acres of land or would create ¼ acre or moreof impervious surface.”

Municipal Stormwater Control Ordinance:

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Familiarize Yourself with the Site

• Important in determining the requirements

• Existing land cover

• Has the existing land cover existed for the past 5 years?

What are the pre-construction conditions?

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Pre-Development Site

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Pre-Development Site

Stormwater Management Report

Existing CoverageCoverage Item Area

Parking Lot, Roof, Driveway

1.61 acres

Lawn 0.52 acres

Proposed CoverageCoverage Item AreaParking Lot, Roof, Driveway

1.836 acres

Lawn 0.294 acres

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Pre-Development Site

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Post-Development Site

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Post-Development Site

Determining Applicable Design & Performance Standards

• Total Disturbance:o 2.13 acres

• Increase in impervious area:o 0.226 acres

• Is the site a major development?o Yes

Disturbance & Increase in Impervious Area

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Determining Applicable Design & Performance Standards

• Water Quantityo Required

• Water Qualityo Increase in impervious coverage <0.25 acreo Not required

• Groundwater Rechargeo Urban redevelopment areao Not required, provided anyway

Which standards are required?

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Proposed Site Plan

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Proposed Site Plan

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Post-Development Site

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Pre-Development Conditions

What does this mean for this site?

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Determining Applicable Design & Performance Standards

• Water Quantityo Required

• Water Qualityo Increase in impervious coverage > 0.25 acreo Required

• Groundwater Rechargeo Urban redevelopment areao Not required, provided anyway

Which standards are required?

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GROUNDWATER RECHARGE

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Groundwater Recharge

• Site was exempt from groundwater recharge, designer provided it anyway

• Submitted groundwater recharge spreadsheet

• Soil testing required for any proposed infiltration BMP

What is required?

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Groundwater Recharge

• No soil testing data submitted

• Stormwater management report:

“…the only soil present on site is Urban land-Boonton complex (UbB). Boonton soils are classified as a type C soil and are not well suited for infiltration due to their slow permeability.”

- This is not true! UL-Boonton soils are not HSG C

Soil Testing

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Groundwater Recharge

• Soil testing required to determine the permeability and separation from SHWT

• Small stream traverses the site via a culvert

• Basin will likely not drain fast enough

Soil Testing

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Groundwater Recharge

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Proposed Site Plan

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Groundwater Recharge

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Groundwater Recharge

• Set to the impervious area draining to recharge BMP

• Post-D:o From NJGRS: 26,789 sfo From stormwater management report: 23,784 sf

• DA to recharge basin (including pervious): 26,092 sf

Post-D Impervious Area

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Groundwater Recharge

• Measured from site plan

• Infiltration volume must be equal to BMP Area times effective depth

• Provided effective depth = 2.4 inches

BMP Area

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Groundwater Recharge

BMP Effective Depth

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Groundwater Recharge

• Infiltration depth = 6 inches

• Storage media porosity = ?

• Provided effective depth = 2.4 inches

BMP Effective Depth

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Groundwater Recharge

• dBMPu: depth to upper level of BMP surface • dEXC: depth to lower level of BMP surface• Found using elevations on the plan and/or detail

sheets

• Bottom of chambers: El. 97 ft• Maximum infiltration elevation: El. 97.5 ft• Ground surface: El. 102-105 ft

dBMPu and dEXC

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Groundwater Recharge

• dBMPu: 54 inches

• dEXC: 60 inches

• As a quick check, the difference should be the maximum infiltration depth (6 inches)

dBMPu and dEXC

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Groundwater Recharge

• Land segment on which BMP is located

• Located on segment 2 (impervious area)

• Important to properly assign soil data, even for impervious areas

SegBMP

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Groundwater Recharge

• No soil testing

• Post-development conditions do not match plans

• Overestimated amount of impervious area to recharge BMP

• Did not provide sufficient information to verify effective depth

Review Issues:

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WATER QUANTITY

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Water Quantity

• Time of concentration

• Curve numbers

• Proper routing

• Basin design

What needs to be reviewed?

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Water Quantity

• Assumed to be 0.167 hours (10 minutes)

• Minimum time of concentration in NRCS method is 0.1 hours (6 minutes)

• No calculations to verify this under existing conditions

Time of Concentration

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Water Quantity

Curve Numbers and Routing

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Water Quantity

Curve Numbers and Routing

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Water Quantity

• Stormwater management report:

“Infiltration occurring within the basin has not been considered in the calculations to be conservative.”

• This is not just conservative, it is required!

Water Quantity Analysis:

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Water Quantity

• Proposed peak flows:o 2-year storm: 47% pre-developmento 10-year storm: 63.3% pre-developmento 100-year storm: 76.1% pre-development

• Water quantity not met – all of the inputs were wrong!

Water Quantity Analysis:

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Contact Information

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Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution ControlDivision of Water Quality

401 East State StreetPO Box 420, Mail Code 401-2B

Trenton, NJ 08625-420Tel: 609-633-7021

www.njstormwater.org

Minesh Patelminesh.patel@dep.nj.gov